I saw him twice last year. Totally spot on in Portland. Then he stole ATP fest even though he had a high fever and his voice was giving out. Incredible performer. Comedy genius. And the same band since 1981. Those guys can play anything.
I will not miss him again.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 28 January 2011 10:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Having wanted to go to ATP for the more ATP-esque acts (with "lol Weird Al" as a side-thought) and missed it, Weird Al is now totally the act I most regret not having seen. I'm not even that familiar with his stuff, which is a lot less well-known in the UK, though probably getting less so thanks to Youtube etc.
― cellular nekomata (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 28 January 2011 11:57 (thirteen years ago) link
If it's any consolation, the dude was really sick that night. It was clearly not his best performance. But he gave it his all anyway. I like that.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 29 January 2011 00:08 (thirteen years ago) link
My interview with him is the most-viewed page on my blog.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 29 January 2011 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Would pay money to see this as a full-length movie:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3231da28bb/weird-the-al-yankovic-story?rel=player
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 5 February 2011 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha! They played that "trailer" as one of the many AV interludes when I saw him in concert. Awesome...
― NYCNative, Monday, 7 February 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWLNq193DBY
this is fuckin sick
― hay lbj hayyy (absolutely clean glasses), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 06:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Hell yes on that Owner Of a Lonely Heart breakdown!
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 06:40 (thirteen years ago) link
perform this way video is strangely hypnotic/disturbing
― little mushroom person (abanana), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
vote in the poll! POLLka Party: "Weird Al" Yankovic's Polka Medleys
― cr?m margera (some dude), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
Wonderful interview:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/weird-al-yankovic,58244/1/
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 30 June 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAZ-2gMJXY0
back on his feet, now he's choppin up meat
― I'm goin' hongrø-øøøøøøøøøøø (crüt), Saturday, 30 July 2011 09:58 (twelve years ago) link
A Gen-Y classic.
― errant flynn, Saturday, 30 July 2011 10:02 (twelve years ago) link
Gen Y? Kids today a bunch of Rocky fans?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 July 2011 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
anyone who miscredits the title of that song is missing out on the best joke imo
― ennui morricone (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 30 July 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
I took this photo of "Weird Al" Yankovic at the godspeed you! black emperor-curated ATP festival in December last year...
http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/v34/p200752422-3.jpg
His set was fantastic fun.
― just call me brian (krakow), Monday, 1 August 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
can't get "Here's Johnny" out of my head even though that song is stupidly unfunny
― frogbs, Monday, 1 August 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
that said I do get a huge kick out of the two-note guitar solo on "Generic Blues"
great photo!!
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Monday, 1 August 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks! I really enjoyed his set. Within the context of the rest of the festival it was really quite different, in a good way. I wholly applaud gy!be for asking him to play the event.
― just call me brian (krakow), Monday, 1 August 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
i remember having some convos with some of the more chin-strokey types there about "how do you think al will be recieved?" since it was basically The Wire Tapper in festival format. The answer was WITH RAPTUROUS OPEN ARMS.
I was in the front row. :D
― james blood ulver (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 August 2011 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
Indeed!
― just call me brian (krakow), Monday, 1 August 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GSgc2yD_jU
I think I like this better than "Closer"
― crüt, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
the lyrics are certainly no more embarrassing
In Brooklyn next month
http://thewildhoneypie.donyc.com/event/2013/06/09/weird-al-karaoke
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 May 2013 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdyLNXdeO-Q
Songs in the video:
Flatbush AvenueSpam EaterFeel Like Throwing UpAvacadoSometimes You Feel Like A NutTake The L Out Of LiverFatterWhole Lotta LunchWe Got The Beef
― ttyih boi (crüt), Monday, 3 June 2013 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
lol, he barely even tried on those lyrics, which somehow makes the medley even funnier
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 3 June 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
weird al has some strange preoccupation with food. he seems to find them inherently funny.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 3 June 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
He's right!!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 3 June 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
"Flatbush Avenue" had me rofling
― ttyih boi (crüt), Monday, 3 June 2013 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
yesss
― some dude, Monday, 3 June 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
http://gawker.com/5993520/huey-lewis-and-weird-al-reenact-classic-american-psycho-scene-in-honor-of-sports-30th-birthday
― m0stlyClean, Monday, 3 June 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
Don't just stare at it, EAT IT
― today's tom soy yum, mean mean thai (Spectrist), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
Those lyrics are pretty good for one-verse parodies to throw into a live set I think! They might need another couple drafts to be album-worthy but whatever.
still basically classic though: http://www.theonion.com/articles/weird-al-yankovic-nears-completion-of-livin-la-vid,697/
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 03:21 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM1FAq7jd5k
From 5/6/94 - "Weird Al" Yankovic faces off against Little Richard, the late James Brown, and Lee "Mr. Soul" Greenwood.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 30 March 2014 05:30 (ten years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqHT6u8CcAEX54X.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 June 2014 03:14 (ten years ago) link
new album is gr8t
― maura, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
you should never write words using numbers unless you're seven or your name is Prince
― guwop (crüt), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
maybe it was cultural satire
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
The Pixies style parody is so on point.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
it's a great pixies song
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
Haha, "First World Problems" is so fucking expertly done. I'm cracking up just at the arrangement.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
There have already been three songs that I don't know what they are parodies of :/
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link
dyingggg
― mattresslessness, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
ok I just heard First World Problems and now I'm gonna go find the rest - a+
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
Oh because they aren't parodies. I feel a little better now. Though I didn't know the Foo Fighters song.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/MandatoryFun.jpg
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link
I picked up that it was a Foos parody, but barely. xp
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
Crosby, Stills & Nash, Southern Culture on the Skids and Cat Stevens seem like weird choices for style parodies in 2014, though.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 17:21 (nine years ago) link
his style parodies are always kinda anachronistic
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 17:24 (nine years ago) link